ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG: October 2023

Very Good: B-

EFB Inaugural Criteria

Essential Films Blog is comprised of only films that are warranting a B- rating of quality or above.

Cinematic Aesthetic Theory

The films that are honored in this publication are viewed in their capacity to be visually splendorous (the paramount aspect of film) and emotionally stirring; demonstrated through the spheres of story, music and/or imagery.

The true, vital mark of great cinema is the mastery of time, place, and tone throughout a work.

Cinema, as a medium of the visual, and by that virtue one of the most lasting art forms on the partaker, must be assessed fundamentally on its aptitude to document the scenery of life experience with power.

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Documentaries are included in this undertaking, but short films, although many remarkable selections can be unearthed, are unfortunately not.

ESSENTIAL FILMS BLOG

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

The Fugitive - 1947

Friday, October 20, 2023

Beau Is Afraid - 2023

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. - 2023

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

American Movie - 1999

Saturday, October 14, 2023

Tropical Malady - 2004

Monday, October 9, 2023

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio - 2022

Friday, October 6, 2023

Crash - 1996